Improvement in molasses-gates



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MOLASSES-GA'I'E. No.186,'193. Patented 32.11.16, 1877.

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' MQLASSES-GATE. N0.186,193. Patented Jan.16,1877.

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UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS. BARKER, ()F HARTFORD, ASSIGNOR TO T. DWIGHT HOTCHKISS, OF WESTMERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOLASSES-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,193, dated January16, 1877; application filed December 11, 1875.

useful Improvements pertaining to a Molasses- Gate, of whichtheiollowing is a specification,

' reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is afront view with the gate partly open. Fig. 2 is a back view with thegate shut. Fig. 3 is a side view.

' The letter adenotes the tube which screws into the barrel; 1), anupright cast outhe outer end of this tube; 0, a vertically-reciprocatinggate, held to the upright by the clamp d, its clamping pressureregulated by the screw e. f denotes a cam hung on'the pin 9 on the backside of the gate, projecting through the slot h in the upright. '6denotes a handle, whereby the cam is operated. j is a lug, against whichthe top of the cam f acts. By throwing the outer end of this handleupward the cam is made to rotate down against the tube a, and so raisethe gate. By then throwing the outer end of this handle downward the camis made to rotate against the lug j, and so move the gate downward. Ihave shown the cam hung upon and moving with the gate.

, feature of my invention.

Practice shows that an edge of this shape cuts oft the stream morenicely and neatly than any edge heretofore used, and that it permitsnicer graduation and regulation of a small stream.

I claim as my invention The combination ofthe double-acting cam f, thesliding gate 0, and the connecting-pin g, moving in the sloth of theframe b, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

SILAS BARKER.

Witnesses:

WM. EDGAR SIMONDS, ROBERT F. GAYLoED.

